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  THE 
  NEW 
  

   YELLOWS 
  FREE 
  

  

  BLAKEMORE 
  

  

  U. 
  S. 
  D. 
  A. 
  

   Strain 
  

  

  The 
  South 
  and 
  Central 
  East's 
  Greatest 
  Early 
  Commercial 
  Berry 
  Now 
  Offered 
  In 
  

   A 
  Yellows 
  Free 
  Resistant 
  Strain 
  

  

  NO 
  STRAWBERRY 
  GROWER 
  CAN 
  NOW 
  AFFORD 
  TO 
  PLANT 
  THE 
  OLD 
  TYPE 
  BLAKEMORE 
  AND 
  THIS 
  

   GREAT 
  COMMERCIAL 
  BERRY 
  WILL 
  CONTINUE 
  TO 
  BE 
  ONE 
  OF 
  THE 
  GREAT 
  BERRIES 
  OF 
  RECENT 
  IN- 
  

   TRODUCTION. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  south 
  and 
  central 
  berry 
  areas 
  the 
  Blakemore 
  has 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  finest 
  of 
  all 
  Early 
  shipping 
  

   berries. 
  A 
  cross 
  between 
  Premier 
  and 
  Missionary 
  orig- 
  

   inated 
  and 
  introduced 
  by 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Department 
  of 
  Agri- 
  

   culture. 
  Possibly 
  no 
  new 
  variety 
  has 
  become 
  so 
  widely 
  

   grown 
  in 
  so 
  few 
  years 
  since 
  introduction 
  and 
  proven 
  so 
  

   satisfactory 
  as 
  a 
  commercial 
  berry. 
  The 
  old 
  type 
  orig- 
  

   inally 
  released 
  showed 
  a 
  tendency 
  to 
  sport 
  into 
  inferior 
  

   yellow 
  foliaged 
  strains. 
  NOW 
  WE 
  HAVE 
  THE 
  NEW 
  

   YELLOWS 
  FREE 
  TYPE 
  AND 
  THE 
  HEALTHY, 
  VIG- 
  

   OROUS 
  FOLIAGE 
  IS 
  A 
  PLEASING 
  SIGHT 
  TO 
  THE 
  

   BERRY 
  GROWER. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  free 
  plant 
  maker 
  and 
  

   responds 
  quickly 
  to 
  good 
  treatment. 
  It 
  is 
  an 
  abund- 
  

   ant 
  bearer, 
  the 
  fruit 
  averages 
  large 
  and 
  retains 
  its 
  

   bright 
  attractive 
  red 
  color 
  even 
  after 
  being 
  picked 
  sev- 
  

   eral 
  days. 
  Quality 
  is 
  superior 
  to 
  Missionary 
  and 
  Klon- 
  

   dyke 
  but 
  not 
  equal 
  to 
  Premier. 
  It 
  will 
  ripen 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  

   earlier 
  than 
  Premier. 
  The 
  foliage 
  is 
  healthy 
  and 
  vig- 
  

   orous. 
  The 
  plants 
  hold 
  up 
  well 
  during 
  a 
  drought. 
  The 
  

   berries 
  are 
  firm 
  and 
  unexcelled 
  as 
  a 
  long 
  distance 
  ship- 
  

   ping 
  berry 
  and 
  preferred 
  by 
  all 
  Strawberry 
  process- 
  

   ing 
  companies. 
  

  

  If 
  your 
  soil 
  is 
  only 
  moderate 
  in 
  fertility 
  PLANT 
  

   BLAKEMORE 
  and 
  you 
  are 
  assured 
  of 
  a 
  good 
  set 
  of 
  

   plants 
  for 
  picking. 
  Whether 
  your 
  soil 
  is 
  sandy 
  or 
  

   clay 
  you 
  can 
  depend 
  on 
  Blakemore 
  producing 
  better 
  

   beds 
  and 
  producing 
  fruit 
  where 
  many 
  other 
  varieties 
  

   will 
  fail 
  for 
  you. 
  

  

  Over 
  8000 
  Quarts 
  to 
  Acre 
  of 
  U.S.D.A. 
  Strain 
  

   Blakemore 
  

  

  15,000 
  Plants 
  Set 
  Yield 
  Over 
  1000 
  Crates 
  Berries 
  

  

  Dear 
  Sirs: 
  Crisfield, 
  Md., 
  June 
  16, 
  1940 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  already 
  picked 
  918 
  24-qt. 
  crates 
  of 
  Blake- 
  

   more 
  berries 
  from 
  the 
  15,000 
  plants 
  bought 
  of 
  you 
  

   last 
  spring 
  of 
  the 
  U.S.D.A. 
  yellows 
  free 
  strain 
  Blake- 
  

   more. 
  I 
  am 
  picking 
  again 
  today 
  and 
  will 
  have 
  well 
  

   over 
  1000 
  crates 
  from 
  the 
  field. 
  They 
  are 
  out-yield- 
  

   ing 
  any 
  other 
  type 
  Blakemore 
  in 
  this 
  section. 
  

  

  Eugene 
  Sterling 
  

  

  "It 
  Pays 
  to 
  Plant 
  Bountiful 
  Ridge 
  Grown 
  U.S.D.A. 
  

   Yellows 
  Free 
  Strain 
  Blakemore." 
  

  

  Daybreak 
  

  

  A 
  Fairfax-Missionary 
  Cross 
  and 
  One 
  of 
  Our 
  Earliest 
  

   Berries 
  Now 
  in 
  Production. 
  Adapted 
  to 
  Far 
  

   Southern 
  Growing 
  Conditions. 
  

  

  The 
  Daybreak 
  being 
  a 
  Fairfax-Missionary 
  cross 
  is 
  

   well 
  adapted 
  and 
  recommended 
  for 
  far 
  southern 
  berry 
  

   sections, 
  replacing 
  the 
  old 
  Missionary 
  as 
  a 
  home 
  and 
  

   market 
  berry. 
  Berries 
  are 
  large, 
  a 
  bright 
  crimson 
  col- 
  

   or, 
  not 
  as 
  dark 
  as 
  Fairfax 
  but 
  very 
  fine 
  quality. 
  It 
  

   ripens 
  crop 
  quickly 
  and 
  while 
  so 
  far 
  in 
  trial 
  plantings 
  

   it 
  has 
  produced 
  about 
  with 
  Blakemore 
  and 
  Missionary 
  

   it 
  is 
  not 
  considered 
  a 
  heavy 
  producing 
  variety. 
  We 
  

   don't 
  feel 
  Daybreak 
  is 
  adapted 
  to 
  Northern 
  berry 
  pro- 
  

   ducing 
  areas. 
  Daybreak 
  as 
  its 
  name 
  indicates 
  is 
  a- 
  

   mong 
  the 
  first 
  berries 
  to 
  ripen, 
  being 
  about 
  one 
  week 
  

   earlier 
  than 
  Blakemore. 
  This 
  fact 
  alone 
  recommends 
  the 
  

   variety 
  for 
  trial. 
  

  

  Northstar 
  

  

  Bountiful 
  Ridge 
  Grown 
  U.S.D.A. 
  Yellows 
  Free 
  strain 
  

   Blakemore 
  Plants 
  such 
  as 
  these 
  must 
  give 
  results. 
  

   Other 
  so-called 
  yellow 
  free 
  types 
  showed 
  many 
  yellow 
  

   plants 
  this 
  year 
  in 
  this 
  section. 
  We 
  urge 
  all 
  Blake- 
  

   more 
  growers 
  to 
  plant 
  only 
  the 
  U.S.D.A. 
  Strain. 
  

  

  Fairmore 
  

  

  A 
  Fairfax-BIakemore 
  Cross 
  Produces 
  A 
  Great 
  

   Early 
  Berry 
  

  

  Large 
  Size 
  — 
  Good 
  Quality 
  — 
  Firmness 
  and 
  Parentage 
  

   Recommends 
  Fairmore 
  for 
  Extensive 
  Trial 
  by 
  

   Berry 
  Growers 
  of 
  the 
  Central 
  and 
  

   Southern 
  Areas 
  

  

  The 
  Fairmore 
  is 
  a 
  cross 
  between 
  Fairfax 
  and 
  Blake- 
  

   more, 
  and 
  both 
  of 
  these 
  being 
  Premier 
  crosses 
  we 
  find 
  

   much 
  of 
  the 
  heavy 
  producing 
  habits 
  and 
  fine 
  quality 
  of 
  

   the 
  Premier 
  predominating 
  in 
  the 
  Fairmore. 
  Tests 
  so 
  

   far 
  reveal 
  it 
  will 
  produce 
  heavier 
  per 
  plant 
  than 
  the 
  

   Blakemore 
  and 
  Missionary. 
  The 
  berries 
  are 
  large, 
  very 
  

   firm, 
  and 
  have 
  brought 
  a 
  premium 
  on 
  the 
  N. 
  C. 
  mar- 
  

   kets 
  so 
  far. 
  The 
  berry 
  ripens 
  early, 
  about 
  with 
  Blake- 
  

   more. 
  When 
  introduced 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  recommended 
  for 
  

   berry 
  districts 
  north 
  of 
  Norfolk, 
  Va., 
  but 
  tests 
  have 
  

   proven 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  grown 
  much 
  farther 
  North 
  and 
  having 
  

   so 
  much 
  Premier 
  parentage 
  we 
  recommend 
  it 
  be 
  tried 
  

   thoroughly 
  in 
  Southern 
  Ohio, 
  Penna., 
  and 
  Jersey 
  berry 
  

   sections. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Guisler, 
  Dutchess 
  County, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  gets 
  100% 
  sat- 
  

  

  A 
  Premier-Red 
  Heart 
  Cross 
  Released 
  by 
  U.S.D.A. 
  as 
  a 
  

   New 
  Second 
  Early 
  Variety. 
  Berries 
  Very 
  Large 
  

   and 
  Firm, 
  With 
  Fine 
  Quality 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  berry 
  we 
  have 
  observed 
  which 
  at 
  

   the 
  same 
  time 
  has 
  commercial 
  possibilities. 
  Berries 
  

   are 
  very 
  firm, 
  light 
  red 
  color, 
  very 
  good 
  quality, 
  ripens 
  

   about 
  with 
  Premier. 
  It 
  has 
  proven 
  a 
  poor 
  plant 
  mak- 
  

   er 
  so 
  far 
  except 
  under 
  favorable 
  soil 
  and 
  moisture 
  con- 
  

   ditions, 
  but 
  produces 
  very 
  heavy 
  and 
  is 
  resistant 
  to 
  spring 
  frosts. 
  It 
  can 
  be 
  recommended 
  for 
  the 
  Central 
  and 
  

   Northern 
  berry 
  sections. 
  The 
  Northstar 
  are 
  real 
  show 
  berries 
  — 
  berries 
  you 
  will 
  be 
  proud 
  to 
  pick. 
  Try 
  them. 
  

  

  33 
  

  

  isfaction 
  with 
  Bountiful 
  Ridge 
  berry 
  plants 
  each 
  year. 
  

   Mr. 
  Guisler 
  has 
  used 
  our 
  plants 
  for 
  several 
  years, 
  he 
  

   has 
  tried 
  them 
  with 
  plants 
  grown 
  in 
  that 
  section 
  and 
  

   transplanted 
  the 
  same 
  day 
  and 
  finds 
  our 
  plants 
  grown 
  

   and 
  handled 
  the 
  Bountiful 
  Ridge 
  way 
  will 
  give 
  better 
  

   fruiting 
  beds 
  and 
  heavier 
  yields. 
  We 
  say: 
  "IT 
  PAYS 
  

   TO 
  PLANT 
  BOUNTIFUL 
  RIDGE 
  STRAWBERRY 
  

   PLANTS". 
  

  

  